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Woke up very early today, the earliest since A-levels ended, not counting the days in NZ. Went to Springfield Sec to do relief teaching today. I was covering duties for a Chinese teacher, Mdm Wan. I took Sec 2B (N.A), Sec 3E (N.T), Sec 1F (exp) and Sec 5A (N.A). It was very hard to teach cos the students, esp those in N streams, were rude, rowdy, inattentive, having u-name-it, they-have it kinda attitudes. I wasted no time in finishing the stuff, completed 1 topic from the CL textbook for all classes, except for the Sec 5 class, where i completed 2 topics. I couldn't make them do the workbook cos I was only a relief teacher, neither could i do other spelling/work stuff cos the students weren't co-operative. Since they had no other qns, I just moved on. Too bad :)

Lets see. There was a gal from Sec 2B who took my relief pass to the toilet since the start oof the lesson, and came back just before class ended. I sent a prefect to look for her, so she came back and gave me a 'look' and commented tt its only a while tt she excused herself. Very funny. 35mins lesson, missing for 30mins, she had the cheek to tell me its only a while. Sec 3E only had 2 chinese gals. Sec 1F was the most well-behaved as they were only Sec 1 students. Sec 5A was the worst. Students either left when they knew I was only a relief teacher, or they started sleeping, or they started making a fool of themselves. The million-dollar qns was: How old I was. Haha. I was made to read the texts, write out the new words, define the words, form sentences, etc. I wonder who's taking the examinations. What shocked me most was the fact that at the level of Sec 5, there were still so so so many words, which shd be learnt during Pri 6, tt the students didn't know how to pronounce or write. How are they going to cope with O-levels? But thats not my prob if they're not willing to learn.

My class actually ended at 12.35pm today, but I stayed back to wait for any guy, James from tpjc, who's also a relief teacher. Lunched together at nearby coffee shop. And by the way, their canteen food was so-so only.


Heh, relief teacher.


my desk...




me, at my desk, with music, Archie+ hp


the 4 of us

4.30pm had an interview at Sunway Concrete Pdts Pte Ltd. Left home at 4pm, thinking tt there's more than enough time to get there. Who knew tt aft walking for 15min,we still couldn't find the place. In the end, took a cab to that stupid secluded place @ IKEA/Courts area. When I reached there, I felt like going home. The place was like a construction site, with lots of Indian/Thai workers, cement, concrete, scaffolds, etc. Still accepted the job anyway. Data entry and admin work. $1250/mth, with all te benefits, 8.30am-5.30pm, with free shuttle from Tampines MRT. Sad, no more waking up at 11am, no more watching 'Cash is King', no more shopping in the aftn. Sigh.